Student Success Coach

Polk County Public Schools • Davenport, FL

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

This position exists to provide assistance to identified middle and high school students, individually and in groups which includes but is not limited to analyzing data to identify students or subgroups with potential high school graduation problems, including core course completions, state required assessments, grade point average, college and career planning, implementing and tracking individual high school graduation plans; identifying and resolving barriers to graduation, and facilitating smooth transitions from middle school to high school to post-secondary education. The Student Success District Coach is responsible for utilizing early warning indicators to identify middle and/or high school students who are at risk of not meeting graduation requirements through collaboration with school administrators, school counselors, teachers, and parents to develop systemic strategies to identify and support students. This position will also conduct community meetings to inform parents of student progression requirements and provide training to all stakeholders on college and career readiness strategies for success. This position will be assigned to support schools for which s/he is most qualified to support.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's degree is required.
• Must hold a valid Florida Professional Certificate and be fully qualified in the designated content area.
• A minimum of three to five years of experience as a highly effective classroom teacher is required, during which accomplishment in facilitating student learning gains was consistently demonstrated and may be proven by data or other documented evidence of encouraging student successful progression.
• Ability to work collaboratively and communicate effectively to facilitate consensus, planning and decision-making.
• Identification of data sources, maintaining a database, and the ability to analyze and problem solve to make data based recommendations is essential.
• The ability to integrate, coach, and facilitate the use of a variety of developmental support strategies to identify and resolve barriers to graduation while facilitating career and college choices and planning.

Nice To Haves

• Master's Degree with advanced coursework in a student services related field is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement individual intervention strategies and graduation plans to increase the likelihood that identified students will stay in school and graduate on time.
• Track the progress of individual and subpopulations of students as they progress towards graduation.
• Communicate regularly with parents of students identified as being at risk of not graduating.
• Develop partnerships with community colleges and other organizations to support the District Strategic Plan and identified graduation goals.
• Conduct and analyze on-going formative and summative evaluation data review of students by cohort.
• Provide and/or submit activity reports as scheduled and requested.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level